While virtually everyone agrees the Civic Center is past its useful life, reasonable people disagree as to whether the proposed relocation to the Westside is the best place to build a brand-new arena.
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Editor’s Note: May 24 election is the main event locally
In an echo of the century when Georgia was a one-party state —when only the Democratic primary really mattered—this month’s Democratic primary will essentially decide the future of a number of key slots, rendering the November general election a moot point for many.
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Editor’s Note: A Landmark District looks at 50
Today, one of Savannah’s main issues is the struggle to find a balance between accommodating the numbers of tourists we attract, and the quality of life and slow pace that make Savannah so attractive to visitors and residents in the first place.
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Editor’s Note: Developer seeks City bond issue to build hotel garage
IN AN UNUSUAL and potentially radical new precedent, the City Manager’s office is recommending that Mayor and Council approve this week a $33 million bond issue which would fund the […]
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Editor’s Note: ‘Embracing the suck’ of a campaign trainwreck
The silver lining in this otherwise totally horrifying presidential election season has been that the mask has finally, at long last, been torn off the American electoral process.
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Editor’s Note: Double standards on development continue
After spending 20 minutes berating a private citizen for having the gall to want to open a small restaurant or rent out a room, when City Council is up against a big out of town corporation they’ll just shrug their shoulders and say, hey, these guys are within their legal rights, what can we do?
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Editor’s Note: Carolina Blues
The Tarheel State is paying, literally, for bad political decisions. Georgia, seemingly, maybe, has learned from North Carolina’s unfortunate example. What North Carolina once was, Georgia still can be.
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Editor’s Note: Arresting the ‘worst of the worst’
From Feb. 1-March 11, this federally-spearheaded Violence Reduction Initiative made 144 arrests in Savannah, clearing 177 violent crime warrants and taking 13 murder suspects off local streets.
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Editor’s Note: Death of a neighborhood
If completed, the self-storage warehouse behind Whole Foods would be one of the tallest structures in Chatham County outside of downtown.
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Editor’s Note: Parking matters — and so does common sense
One of the most livable aspects of Savannah is precisely the fact that locals know they can drive downtown after business hours or anytime on the weekend and don’t have to pay for parking.
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Editor’s Note: Going Bananas for baseball
If marketing expertise is any indication, the Savannah Bananas might be able to replace the Sand Gnats in our collective hearts. And help us avoid the fate of less lucky cities who let their baseball legacy fade away.
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Editor’s Note: Just cuttin’ some grass
Maybe, just maybe, some of the outrage is gone because there is a sense that matters are at least beginning to get somewhat under control here?